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Wen Zhenheng's best known work Zhang Wu Zhi (Treatise on Superfluous Things)1 written between 1620-1627 1 was an encyclopedic book about garden and interior design. Zhang Wu Zhi was divided into twelve volumes:
An excellent edition, with detailed annotations, abundant pictures and photographs of various objects discussed in the book. image: Zhangwuzhi.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Wen Zhenheng: Treatise on Superfluous Things There is no complete translation of this book in any other language. Some sections were translated in the Clunas book below and in some books on gardening and furniture.
In this book Craig Clunas discusses several Ming dynasty scholars, including Gao Lian, Tu Long and Wen Zhenheng. He has translated the first chapter of each of the twelve volumes and there is a detailed biography of Wen Zhenheng on pages 20 to 25. External Links
Category:Chinese painters Category:Chinese writers This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Wen Zhenheng".
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